Biden backtracks on climate plans and ‘walks tightrope’ to court both young voters and moderates (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden, touted as the US’s first climate president, is presiding over the quiet weakening of his two most significant plans to slash planet-heating emissions, suggesting that tackling the climate crisis will take a back seat in a febrile election year....
US asked China and India for help to prevent Russia from carrying out a nuclear strike in 2022, report says (www.businessinsider.com)
Ethiopia begins issuing digital IDs for refugees (apanews.net)
‘Definitely stronger’: why 2024 could be Southeast Asia’s year for tourism (www.scmp.com)
Neuroscience research hub opens doors in Türkiye's capital Ankara (www.dailysabah.com)
Seoul enhances infertility aid in response to 0.55 total fertility rate (www.chosun.com)
East Asia countries birth rate crisis continues. In response to total fertility rate of 0.55, Korea enhances infertility aid.
Protests as Israel president at Dutch Holocaust Museum opening (www.france24.com)
Dutch King Willem-Alexander officially opened the country’s first Holocaust Museum Sunday, as demonstrators angry at Israel’s military campaign in Gaza protested against the Israeli president, who also addressed the ceremony....
Oil industry has sought to block state backing for green tech since 1960s (www.theguardian.com)
Saudi Arabia Joins Afghanistan And Iran As One of World's Leading Executioners (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
Former president of Honduras convicted in US of aiding drug traffickers (apnews.com)
El Salvador extends anti-gang emergency decree for 24th time. It's now been in effect for two years (www.independent.co.uk)
Pope criticised for saying Ukraine should ‘raise white flag’ and end war with Russia (www.theguardian.com)
Treason charges after $50 for Ukraine: desperate battle to free LA ballerina held in Russia (www.theguardian.com)
The 10-year-old boy who has become the face of starvation in Gaza (www.smh.com.au)
The Oceans We Knew Are Already Gone (www.theatlantic.com)
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Israeli government officials slam chief rabbi's threat of haredi exodus (www.jpost.com)
Historic Portrait of Lord Balfour Slashed by Pro-Palestine Protestors (news.artnet.com)
A painting of Lord Balfour housed at the University of Cambridge’s Trinity College was slashed by protest group Palestine Action....
Gangs attack police stations in Haiti as Caribbean leaders call an emergency meeting Monday (apnews.com)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police and palace guards worked Saturday to retake some streets in Haiti’s capital after gangs launched massive attacks on at least three police stations....
Taylor Swift is related to famed poet Emily Dickinson (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
It appears that Taylor Swift’s forthcoming album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” has an interesting connection to her distant relative, the famed poet Emily Dickinson. Ancestry, a genealogy company, has revealed that Swift and Dickinson are 6th cousins, three times removed. Ancestry made the announcement on its Instagram...
Western Australian Man Charged with Aggravated Assault for Using Cable Ties to Restrain Children (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
A man from Western Australia has been charged with aggravated assault after reportedly using cable ties to restrain three children. According to police, the man detained a six-year-old girl and two boys aged seven and eight after discovering them swimming on an empty property....